Patrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.
An American soldier who was accused of stealing from his girlfriend during an unauthorized trip to Russia, has pleaded guilty to theft, Russian media reported Wednesday. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was arrested in the eastern city of Vladivostok earlier this month and placed in pre-trial detention. Now he has “admitted guilt and is cooperating with the investigation,” state news agency Tass reported Wednesday, citing local law enforcement agencies.
Black’s mother, Melody Jones, told NBC News last week that her son had been “lured” to Russia by the woman, whom she named as Aleksandra Vashchuk. “I think she convinced him to come there,” Jones said in a video interview from her home in Cheyenne, Wyoming. “He wanted to see her for the last time before going home, and so he went there.” Black's wife, Megan Black also called on Russian authorities to release him through a statement from her attorney.
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